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Parents, there’s just one day before most of Los Angeles is on spring break and that is cause to celebrate. If you aren’t leaving town, here are some fun cocktail recipes that I wrote about at Latina Madre that can turn spring break at home into a fun staycation — just make sure there’s someone around to watch the kiddos!

Spring cocktails // (c) 2014 Catfistheye

Celebrate spring with a French 75. Created at the New York Bar in Paris around 1915, this drink oozes with style. It was once made with cognac, but is now made with gin. There’s some controversy over which was the real French 75, so if you are like me and prefer cognac know that you can make it either way. Here are more spring cocktails…

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We absolutely loved our time on the California Central Coast camping in our Jucy camper van. If we could do it all over again, we would, but until then, we have this video of all of our memories. Click here for the full itinerary.